Mr. Dole has no overarching idea where he wants to take the country.

The work should not be subjected to an overarching idea.

First you have the overarching idea that no matter what the Obama Administration does they're against it.

Timeliness aside, if you are going to travel the globe looking for democratic manifestations, you need an overarching idea to bring your findings together.

Its overarching idea, a string of solos, became banal.

In theory, the overarching idea behind Ian Buruma's new book is a good one.

The overarching idea is that many linear programs are too large to consider all the variables explicitly.

The overarching idea was a virtual, online university space, allowing teachers and students to interact in real time.

It is fine, for example, to say that strategy is your overarching idea, but is your decision to reorganize the accounting department really strategic?

The overarching idea of these exhibits seems to be the serendipitous one that we'll take what we can get.